Love songs in Western music: world classics and recommended popular tracks
From among the world’s most iconic love songs in Western music, our studio staff introduces recommended masterpieces and popular tracks.
A gem-like playlist we hope you’ll listen to with someone you love.
Love songs in Western music: World classics and recommended popular tracks (1–10)
A Thousand MilesVanessa Carlton
This is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released in 2002! The song expresses a woman’s pure feelings of love, and it also drew attention when the Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK performed it live.
I Just Called to Say I Love YouStevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder has many classic love songs, but isn’t this one of the most well-known? It’s a wonderful song—simple yet unforgettable—that expresses sincere feelings of love.
It’s like magic, turning an ordinary day into something special!
Time After TimeCyndi Lauper
It goes without saying that this is Cyndi Lauper’s signature song.
With an adult contemporary sound emblematic of the 1980s, its simple yet accessible melody and lyrics are absolutely outstanding—a timeless love classic that will go down in history!
We Found Love ft. Calvin HarrisRihanna
This is Rihanna’s 2011 smash hit featuring Calvin Harris, a DJ and producer from Scotland.
It’s well known among fans that the song was inspired by her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown.
I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston
It’s the famous song that was used as the theme for the movie The Bodyguard, in which she also starred! Many people will recognize it when they hear the high notes in the chorus.
It’s one of Whitney Houston’s signature songs and a universally acclaimed masterpiece of a love song.
She Will Be LovedMaroon 5
In Japan, it became well-known after being used in a TV commercial, and it’s also a popular choice at weddings! There are many people who, for some reason, can’t be honest when they’re in front of someone they like, right? This song is like a story that expresses those feelings!
Talking To The MoonBruno Mars
Even if people around me think it’s strange, I end up speaking to the moon to convey my feelings to a lover far away.
This is the kind of earnest love portrayed in a piano ballad by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars.
Within the lonely actions born from the sadness of being unable to meet, there’s a single-minded devotion that thinks deeply of the other person.
The song is included on his 2010 debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, and after being featured in a Brazilian TV drama, it spent 22 consecutive weeks at No.
1 in that country.
Anyone who has experienced a long-distance relationship will surely grasp this poignant sentiment.
You might just find yourself looking up at the sky, thinking of someone dear to you.